Re: [AVFS] automake status report

> On the AIX operating system I encountered some problems.
> First of all I had to change
>   #include <sys/sysmacros>
> in sysdeps.c to
>   #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
> 
> Was the missing .h intended?

No.  I don't know how it worked at all.

> Second, avfs uses a struct vmount but there is another struct in some
> sys includes which of course conflicts with this definition. If we want
> to support aix, we need do rename this structure. Any name suggestion?
> Perhaps just one or two underscores?

Hmm.  Maybe 'avmount'?  Luckily it's only used in a couple of files.

> st_access in state.c is also a problem. For whatever reason "st_access"
> is a reserved symbol so it has to be renamed to build the file. Or would be
> #idef st_access
> #undef st_access
> #endif
> enough?

Renaming is better IMO.  Maybe you could rename all st_ to state_?

> After making these changes the library builds on this system too but
> libtool refuses to build the shared library, only the static library is
> built. But nothing to worry about at the moment :-)
> On this machine I tested the compilers gcc-2.9, gcc-3.4.3 and the ibm
> compiler xlc. All three work.
> 
> Finally some words about installing. A great benefit of the automake
> stuff is of course the install/uninstall targets. avfs can be installed
> using DESTDIR without problems except for the avfscoda installation when
> it's installed without root permissions so "depmod" fails of course.
> The most critical part (if at all) are the rc files for the different
> distributions. I wasn't able to test all different installations but all
> necessary files should be installed to the correct locations (just like
> avfs-0.9.3). But some testing for this is needed.
> 
> Next step will be the update of extfs handlers.

You're doing great work.  Thanks again!

Miklos


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